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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the Scrivners predict?
2. What does Harvey convey to Melanie?
3. Where is Richard when Hutch is forced to take off?
4. How many civilizations have lived on Quraqua?
5. What does Hutch ask Melanie for?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Henry finds out about the coming tidal wave, what are his first priorities?
2. Why had the excavation of the Lower Temple been so important?
3. What is the purpose behind Harvey Sill wanting to drop one of the snowballs into the Southern Sea known as the Yakata while the scientists are still working in the Lower Temple?
4. Who does Janet run into as she is leaving her quarters with her baggage and what does she remember of the incident?
5. What issue does Richard want Hutch's help with, and why did he want Hutch to transmit it?
6. What does Maggie appear to be oblivious to?
7. What issues make it harder than anticipated to recover the printing press from the Lower Temple.
8. What is the basic point of the myth told in the friezes?
9. What plans does Frank Carson have once Quraqua has been evacuated and terraforming has begun?
10. Why is Caseway unwilling to postpone Project Hope even for a little while?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is blamed for the disaster on Quraqua? What effect does this have on the person involved, and how does it affect the colleagues who were a part of that mission? What difference does it make to the others in the future? How does this person respond to the idea of a future mission? Who is the first to approach with plans and ideas for another mission and how is the entire idea received?
Essay Topic 2
What is the eventual outcome of the crew of the Wincklemann? How many members remain, and what positions do they hold afterward? What is attempted by Meg Campbell aboard the Pasquarella? What is the outcome? What conclusions are reached about the Monument Makers? What suggestion made by Hutch is found to be correct and why? What discovery supports her conclusions?
Essay Topic 3
What decision is made that leaves the ground crew in a precarious position? What makes the ground crew wonder if they are going to lose their lives? Who closes in on their position and reinforces their thoughts that they are in harm's way? How is that reinforced and why? What do they tell their new arrival to do in order to ensure their safety?
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